What the records say
- When
- 2020
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 25
- Coordinates
- 10.76° S, 39.73° E
- Incompatibility
- territory
- Type of conflict
- intrastate
- Territory name
- Islamic State
- Region
- Africa
- Location
- Tanzania
- Side a
- Government of Tanzania
Placed at the middle of its 7 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
Ongoing armed conflict in Mozambique
The insurgency in Cabo Delgado is an ongoing Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, mainly fought between militant Islamists and jihadists attempting to establish an Islamic state in the region, and Mozambican security forces. Civilians have been the main targets of terrorist attacks by Islamist militants.
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- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Spillover of the Insurgency in Cabo Delgado”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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